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The life of a fitness junkie isn’t easy. In addition to all of the pain, preparation and dedication, there’s the difficulty of having to be careful about what you eat at all times. If you’ve ever tried to stick to a bodybuilding or fitness model diet, you’d know that it’s virtually impossible to find the right balance for nutrients when you’re away from home.

Another issue with eating according to a strict set of rules is that you usually end up eating the same thing everyday at the same time. That’s why we’ve decided to put together a list of super-tasty takeaway cuisines that you can order in without ruining all of the hard work that you’ve put in. (more…)

Aaaah, Sydney in the winter time. It’s the time of year when our collective ego takes a beating and we realise our great city isn’t impervious to London-style grey skies and gloomy days. We all start rugging up, going through our ‘dvds I haven’t watched yet’ list and working out how many sick days we have left.

It’s also the time of year when a night out carries a little less attraction, especially when it’s 15 degrees outside and pouring down. You could always force yourself to brave the torrential rain, or you could stay at home, order in something delicious and relax. To help you make the right decision Delivery Hero has put together a little list of 5 Reasons to Stay In & Order Takeaway:

1.) You’re Not As Good At Jumping Over Puddles as You Think You Are

Everyone holds onto beliefs about their own abilities that often do not stand up to the test of reality, but let’s get this one out of the way. If you go out, you will encounter puddles, and, somewhere in the back of your mind, you think that you can jump over every single one of them like the lady in this photo:

What You Think Will Happen:

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For centuries foodies and gourmands have taken great pleasure in pairing the finest wines with the most exquisite cuisines, and no wonder – a complimentary drop can add a whole new level of flavour and body to a meal. But what about beer? With boutique breweries popping up in virtually every area of the world, it’s about time that we started taking the amber fluid seriously as a way to enhance the flavours of a delicious dining experience, so Delivery Hero has done the (naturally) heroic thing and come up with a list of the best Australian beers to match with takeaway cuisine from around the world!

Beer and Edamame by adactio; Flickr

Type of Takeaway – Thai

Restaurant – @Home Thai

Cuisine – Pad Thai   A favourite Thai fried Rice Noodle with Egg, Tofu, Bean Sprouts & Peanuts

Type of Beer – Pilsner

Boutique Beer option – Hix Pilsner   Hix Pilsner is a German-style pilsener made from both local and imported malted grains. It has a subtle aroma, a light bready / cracker-like taste and a dash of bitterness and floral flavours. Add in a high-level of carbonation and this is a perfect brew for a Pad Thai.

Mainstream Beer option – Coopers 62 Pilsner   The Coopers 62 brings a golden colour and dense, rich head. Hopped using a combo of Saaz and Hersbrucker varieties, the flavour is medium-bodied and the 62 is well-fermented to produce a nicely balanced pilsner that sits next to a plate of Pad Thai like they were meant to be together. (more…)

Christmas party season is soon to be upon us. If you’ve decided to host one this year, take a look at our Christmas party ideas below to help you successfully plan your festive fun with minimal stress!

 Our top Christmas party ideas…

Some festive decorations are a must but you don’t have to go all out with copious amounts of tinsel to generate that perfect festive ambience. In fact, in our opinion less is usually more when it comes to generating that perfect Christmas ambience.

Homemade bunting (keeps the kids busy), white fairy lights and a great-looking tree with minimal decoration.  Stick to 3 colours within the décor if you can – red, green and silver are the classic Yuletide shades but also consider blue and gold for a more modern take on things.

Traditional Christmas carols or timeless classics like Miracle on 34th Street or White Christmas with Bing Crosby are always a sophisticated choice.  Avoid anything that you could imagine being played in a shopping centre.

If you really want to get the party started, buy or make your own Christmas song compilation.  Another fun option is get a dvd of a roaring fire, instant Christmas ambience with out the hassles of being too hot!

When it comes to food, minimise on stress and cater your party with some fantastic takeaway.

3 Great Christmas Party Food Ideas

Pizza is always the safe choice for party food, but it needn’t be boring! We love Two Fat Chefs  in Rushcutters Bay they have a brilliant selection so buy a few different pizzas to keep everyone happy. Office favourites are Tiger Prawn & Scallop, Duck Sausage and the Roast Pumpkin Pizza. Two Fat Chefs also does a wonderful selection of salads, pasta and other Italian classics.

For a rowdy Christmas feast, why not order some Chinese! Wok Master in Randwick has an extensive menu so they’ll be something for everyone. For a real Christmas treat order the Peking Duck and the Wok Master Wasabi Fillet Steak. We also love the deep fried bean curd with chilli spicy salt – no order is complete without it!

For fans of Salt and Pepper Soft Shell Crab look no further than Fine Food King  in Parramatta. The Chef’s Recomendations are filled with fantasitc seafood dishes like Tropical Chilli Fish and XO King Prawns. They also cover classic Aussie Asian dishes like Lemon Chicken and Sweet & Sour Pork.

With the food taken care of by Delivery Hero and no washing up in sight, your on you way to having a very merry Christmas!

Image: Paparutzi 

Guest post by Sheree Joseph  @Flyfromadream  www.clichemurder.com

It all began on a dark and stormy night. No really, it was raining and everything. I’m just setting the mood here man. So there I am, working back late and day dreaming about what to eat when I get home – the Cinnamon Duck Chef’s Special from my favourite Thai restaurant in Pyrmont, Wok Station. I usually walk in and am greeted with ‘Hello ma’am, takeaway duck?’ and I nod meekly, trying not to look too predictable or like a person that orders adorable ducks and eats them.

Sometimes I jazz it up and order an entrée as well, depending on whether hunger has reached dire emergency warning levels yet. Once I ordered something with chicken in it. It was difficult for all parties involved.

Somewhere between my flailing umbrella and the howling winds, it was decided that I would catch a taxi home. I specifically motioned to the driver to take the longer route home, so I could jump out, make the order and run through the rain. That’s when I saw it.

An empty space where my favourite Thai restaurant once resided, boarded up, empty, forlorn, a ghost of its former self*.

‘Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo’ I screamed in my head, so as to not scare the poor Taxi driver, ignorant to my Thai-deprived plight.

Dazed and confused, I rushed home and rang all the available brochures on my fridge, but none were open/ awesome enough to answer/ have anything with duck on the menu. Would I die of starvation? I didn’t even stop to look in my fridge, which had food in it. Irrelevant. Spicks and Specks was coming on and it won’t be on TV for much longer, ‘There’s no time for you kitchen!’ I yelled, because that’s what crazy people do.

That’s when I remembered a certain online superhero that had recently plagued my newsfeed with adorable food-related anecdotes, the best kind. ‘He’ll know what to do’ I said out loud to no one in particular, as I was home alone and, it would appear, totally mad.

I logged onto Delivery Hero and swiftly found a local Thai place – Thai Space Glebe. I decided I would order duck pancakes and Thai fried rice with prawns. The experience with Delivery Hero encouraged me to opt for something different, now that I could so easily browse through the menus and click. I had just enough cash in my wallet. Delivery Hero informed me of the status of my order, with sweet, high tech graphics and user-friendly instructions. They even sent me a text message, how nice of them! Everything was delivered on time without a single hiccup. World order (and my derailing sanity) had been restored. I have since discovered a range of new Thai places in my area.

I sat on my couch, eating, and contemplating the meaning of life. It seems that superheroes are real and they help the hungry and the lazy while wearing nifty yellow capes. Thanks Delivery Hero. I owe you one.

* Wok Station was undergoing renovations at the time and is now back in full swing with a jazzy makeover and, thankfully, the Duck special is still on the menu hazzah, I think I’ll order seafood from now on though.

Do you have a great Delivery Hero story that you would like to share?  Send it to matilda [at] deliveryhero [dot] com [dot] au

You can see it in the faces of Sydneysiders everywhere: where are the lovely mild days and sunshine – it is, um, summer?!

While there is nothing that can be done about our ever temperamental weather, there are still lots of things to enjoy about cold and rainy climes –  deliciously warm and comforting foods must be at the top of the list.

Let’s face it, summer in Australia is made for lounging on the sand or swimming in the sea but can be a drag when you’re trekking to and from work in the sweltering heat or trying to cool down at home with no air-con at hand. On wet, cool days however, you can stay warm indoors and tuck into loads of fantastic dishes warming up from the inside –out.

Some of our favourite takeaway restaurants for wet chilly nights best spent at home:

The Everest Kitchen in Marrickville are purveyors of sumptuous Himalayan cooking. Their consistent, top notch nosh has attracted a loyal following of customers in love with their authentic curries, vegie dishes and soups featuring carefully balanced herbs and spices. It’s definitely worth ordering the Traditional Nepalese Dinner Set so you can try a range of things and tweak it to suit your tastes. Choose your own curry with either one of the standard meat or poultry options or something more interesting like goat, prawn, fish or deer and enjoy along with a tray of delicacies including stir fried mustard leaves, radish pickle, lentils, raita, salsa, rice and pappadum. Dumpling lovers will go loco for their Momo – a heavenly steamed parcel of buffalo meat served with a spicy dipping sauce which is a drool worthy delight.

Along with sweet, salty and sour flavours, Thai cuisine is famous for incorporating the element of heat into many of their mouth-watering dishes. Home to a number of hugely popular Thai eateries, Glebe’s most loved is @ Home Thai Cuisine– an institution known for authentic, fresh and generously proportioned dishes. An oldie but a goodie, order the Pad Thai for silky, smoky noodles or a Larb Gai (chicken) for some zingy, lemongrass infused flavours. For an extra heat kick, don’t go past their Chicken Satay, known for its drool worthy tender chook and a satay sauce that brings welcome warmth to empty bellies and tired souls.

Comfort food from the Gods, there are not many who can deny a good Indian curry is one of life’s true culinary pleasures. Touted as one of the best Indian restaurant in all of Sydney, Darlinghurst’s Malabar keeps hungry locals fed and happy when only Indian fare will do. The Chicken Makani remains one of their most popular dishes as does its vegetarian Dahl counterpart. For something different try their seafood dishes, the Goan Fish and Prawn Konkan are standout curries everyone should try at least once. If you’re not in the Darlinghurst area, Malabar’s authentic southern Indian style cooking can also be ordered from their Crow’s Nest restaurant.

There’s no need to brave the elements for a taste of these tempting treats, like so many of Sydney’s fantastic eateries, they are now available with Delivery Hero …meaning you can stay home and enjoy a glass of wine or ice-cold beer before the feast arrives!

Images: Nina Matthews Photography and Malabar 

Food is on the Move!

Go to New York, London or LA right now and you’ll notice something- food is going mobile.
Not only is online food delivery a staple in most of these cities (we’re getting there Sydney!), but there also another trend emerging which will also be hitting our city soon-Food Trucks.

No longer the shifty old trucks serving up all things deep fried at the local carnival, these new food trucks have had a serious revamp.

Taking street cuisine to another level, the restaurants on wheels are serving everything from artisan Ice cream to slow-roasted Pork and Cerviche Tacos.
They have become such a hit overseas that our lady Clover Moore has started talking about bringing them to Sydney to boost night-life in the inner city.

“Many people talked about the food trucks available in a number of thriving night-life cities across the USA, London, Canada and parts of Asia and so we are looking at trialling them in Sydney, at night, in busy entertainment precincts,” Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP said.

Food trucks are not only attracting young exciting chefs and local entrepreneurs, they are also clicking into the social media culture by tweeting their locations to customers and the specials for the day.

A move to encourage food trucks operating in Sydney is being discussed and hopefully should be kicked into action this Summer!

Image by S. Roberts